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Famous Quotes: More than 60,000 quotes, with pages for each author and theme.
Reference Library
Comprehensive historical guides to more than 20 broad subject areas. Each guide features three volumes covering major events, prominent figures, and primary source material. In total, a complete reference library for the time period covered.
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Fact Finder
Covering major historical eras, from the prehistoric period into the new millennium, the History Fact Finder contains 750 of the most commonly asked questions and answers concerning the people and events that have shaped world and U.S. history.
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Salem on History
Salem on History comprises more than 25 volumes of outstanding essays on all aspects of history.
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American Decades
The decades of 20th-century American life – the most diverse and dramatic intervals in the history of humankind – have been singled out for individual coverage in this landmark series.
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Famous Quotes
More than 65,000 famous quotes throughout history, cross-indexed by author and category.
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Myths and Legends
Myths and Legends of the World is a four-volume reference work that features a comprehensive collection of myths from ancient, medieval, and modern cultures. In addition to entries recounting specific legends, overview articles such as African Mythology and Greek Mythology introduce students to the traditions of a particular culture.
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Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
The Encyclopedia of Food and Culture is all about food: a single authoritative source about the most essential element of daily life. Here you will find articles by food historians, anthropologists, chefs and bakers, nutritionists and dieticians, farmers, agronomists and horticulturists, food stylists, and specialists in the culinary arts.
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Chronology
A comprehensive chronology of historical developments beginning in prehistory. This venerable reference first appeared 25 years ago, and has been updated for internet users by its original creator.
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American History Through Literature
Focusing on the period between 1820-1870, this new volume traces the growth and development of an American literary culture in the content of the period's tumultous historical events.
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Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
This comprehensive set is designed to offer the reader information about the barbarous acts that humans have perpetrated against each other throughout history, but also at the many and sometimes heroic efforts that have been made to understand, prevent, combat, and respond to such acts.
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Terrorism: Primary Sources
A new volume containing more than 150 primary source documents providing insight into the scale and complexities of terrorism across a sweeping landscape of time, geography, act, and motive.
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